CHELSEA’S 18 YEAR-OLD MARC GUIU WAS UNDOUBTEDLY THE ‘HAT-TRICK-HERO’ OF THE NIGHT LAST NIGHT AFTER SCORING THREE CRACKERS FOR THE BLUES AT STAMFORD BRIDGE. HE OPENED THE MATCH WITH HIS FIRST STUNNER AT 22 MINS., BUT WITH SHAMROCK ROVERS’ MARKUS POOM SCORING A FANTASTIC GOAL SHORTLY AFTERWARDS AT 26 MINS., WHICH WENT STRAIGHT THROUGH THE LEGS OF SEVERAL CHELSEA PLAYERS, BOUNCING OFF THE GROUND AND INTO THE BACK-OF-THE-NET, (AND HAD THEIR 3,000 STRONG TRAVELLING FANS JUMPING UP-AND-DOWN AND LITERALLY CLIMBING OVER THE BARRIERS TO CONGRATULATE HIM), IT MADE FOR AN EARLY WAKE-UP CALL FOR THE BLUES ABOUT JUST HOW MUCH QUALITY ‘THE HOOPS, ROVERS’ COULD POSSIBLY HAVE UP THEIR SLEEVES! MARC GUIU WASN’T HAVING ANY OF IT THOUGH, AND GOT HOLD OF THE BALL SHORTLY AFTERWARDS, HITTING THE BACK-OF-THE-NET WITH A SUPERB SHOT AT 34 MINS., AND THEN IT WAS OVER TO TEAM-MATE KIERNAN DEWSBURY-HALL TO SCORE A BLINDER AT 40 MINS. AND THEN BACK TO MARC GUIU TO SCORE YET AGAIN AT 45 +3 MINS., MEANING THAT GUIU HAD SCORED THREE GOALS IN THE FIRST HALF! AND WITH MARK CUCURELLA SCORING A BEAUT AT 58 MINS., THIS EXCITING MATCH CULMINATED IN A 5 – 1 WIN TO CHELSEA!
CONFERENCE LEAGUE : CHELSEA VS SHAMROCK ROVERS 19/12/2024
IT WAS A GREAT EVENING OVER AT WINDSOR PARK IN THE MATCH BETWEEN LARNE VS GENT LAST NIGHT, WITH SURPRISING RESULTS, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH GENT HAD 16 SHOTS, WITH 6 SHOTS ON TARGET, AND 76% POSSESSION, WITH LARNE HAVING 6 SHOTS, WITH 2 ON TARGET, IT WAS ONE OF THOSE SHOTS FROM TOMAS COSGROVE AT 74 MINS. WHICH WON THE DAY FOR LARNE IN A DYNAMIC AND EXTREMELY ENERGETIC MATCH!
CONFERENCE LEAGUE : LARNE VS GENT 19/12/2024
IT WAS ALL-SQUARE OVER AT THE HEARTS VS PETROCUB-HINCESTI MATCH, AFTER PETROCUB’S SERGIU PLATICA OPENED THE GAME WITH A CRACKER AT 20 MINS., WITH LOT’S OF ACTION TO ENSUE, WITH 304 PASSES, WITH A 71% PASS ACCURACY, PLUS A TOTAL OF 8 SHOTS, WITH 3 ON TARGET THROUGHOUT THE MATCH, AND HEARTS HAVING 13 SHOTS WITH 4 ON TARGET, AND 68% POSSESSION OF THE BALL, WITH 631 PASSES AND AN 85% PASS ACCURACY, AND THEN, IN THE 64TH MINUTE, THERE WAS MORE SUCCESS IN THE NET-HITTING DEPARTMENT, WITH A CRACKER FROM HEARTS’ JAMES WILSON, AND WITH HIS TEAM-MATE BLAIR SPITTAL SCORING AT 70 MINS., AND PETROCUB’S VICTOR MUDRAC SCORING A BRILLIANT GOAL FROM A PENALTY AT 83 MINS., THIS EDGE-OF-YOUR-SEAT MATCH ENDED IN A 2 – 2 DRAW!
CONFERENCE LEAGUE : HEARTS VS PETROCUB-HINCESTI 19/12/2024
THIS WAS AN EXCITING MATCH LAST NIGHT, WITH THE NEW SAINTS’ DANIEL DAVIES SCORING THE OPENER AT 19 MINS., AND HIS TEAM-MATE RORY HOLDEN SCORING AT 42 MINS., AND WITH CELJE’S EDMILSON SCORING A BRACE ALSO IN THE FIRST-HALF AT 20 MINS., AND 43 MINS., THERE WAS LOTS OF EXCITING FIRST-HALF ACTION! THERE WAS MUCH TO FOLLOW ALSO, WITH CELJE HAVING A TOTAL OF 24 SHOTS, WITH 11 ON TARGET THROUGHOUT THE MATCH, AND 67% POSSESSION, 580 PASSES WITH AN 88% PASS ACCURACY, AND NEW SAINTS HAVING 7 SHOTS WITH 2 ON TARGET, 282 PASSES, WITH A 78% PASS ACCURACY, THERE WAS MUCH TO CHEW ON! AND THEN, IN THE 79TH MINUTE CAME THE DECIDER, WITH CELJE’S DAVID ZEC HITTING THE-BACK-OF-THE-NET WITH GUSTO, MEANING THAT THIS SUPERB MATCH ENDED IN A 3 – 2 WIN TO CELJE!